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Periodical

Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods.

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Annual 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.

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Annual 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.

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Biennial 84% connected

Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election.

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Biennial 84% connected

Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election.

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Bimestrial 84% connected

Continuing two months.

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Bimestrial 84% connected

Continuing two months.

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Bimonthly 84% connected

Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications.

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Bimonthly 84% connected

Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications.

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Biweekly 84% connected

Occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly.

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Biweekly 84% connected

Occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly.

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Cyclic 84% connected

Alt. of Cyclical

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Cyclic 84% connected

Alt. of Cyclical

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Daily 84% connected

Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin.

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Daily 84% connected

Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin.

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Diurnal 84% connected

Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours.

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Diurnal 84% connected

Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours.

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Fortnightly 84% connected

Occurring or appearing once in a fortnight; as, a fortnightly meeting of a club; a fortnightly magazine, or other publication.

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Fortnightly 84% connected

Occurring or appearing once in a fortnight; as, a fortnightly meeting of a club; a fortnightly magazine, or other publication.

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Half-hourly 84% connected

Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.

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Half-hourly 84% connected

Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.

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Half-yearly 84% connected

Two in a year; semiannual. -- adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.

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Half-yearly 84% connected

Two in a year; semiannual. -- adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.

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Hebdomadal 84% connected

Alt. of Hebdomadary

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Hebdomadal 84% connected

Alt. of Hebdomadary

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Hebdomadary 84% connected

Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly.

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Hebdomadary 84% connected

Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly.

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Hourly 84% connected

Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual.

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Hourly 84% connected

Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual.

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Monthly 84% connected

Continued a month, or a performed in a month; as, the monthly revolution of the moon.

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Monthly 84% connected

Continued a month, or a performed in a month; as, the monthly revolution of the moon.

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Nightly 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening or done by night, or every night; as, nightly shades; he kept nightly vigils.

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Nightly 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening or done by night, or every night; as, nightly shades; he kept nightly vigils.

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Oscillating 84% connected

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Oscillating 84% connected

of Oscillate

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Oscillatory 84% connected

Moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like a pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory motion.

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Oscillatory 84% connected

Moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like a pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory motion.

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Semimonthly 84% connected

Coming or made twice in a month; as, semimonthly magazine; a semimonthly payment.

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Semimonthly 84% connected

Coming or made twice in a month; as, semimonthly magazine; a semimonthly payment.

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Semiweekly 84% connected

Coming, or made, or done, once every half week; as, a semiweekly newspaper; a semiweekly trip.

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Semiweekly 84% connected

Coming, or made, or done, once every half week; as, a semiweekly newspaper; a semiweekly trip.

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Triennial 84% connected

Continuing three years; as, triennial parliaments; a triennial reign.

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Triennial 84% connected

Continuing three years; as, triennial parliaments; a triennial reign.

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Weekly 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a week, or week days; as, weekly labor.

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Weekly 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a week, or week days; as, weekly labor.

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Yearly 84% connected

Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast.

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Yearly 84% connected

Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast.

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Narrower term 9

Digest 76% connected

To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application; as, to digest the laws, etc.

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Issue 76% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

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Journal 76% connected

Daily; diurnal.

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Number 76% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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Organ 76% connected

An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers…

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Pictorial 76% connected

Of or pertaining to pictures; illustrated by pictures; forming pictures; representing with the clearness of a picture; as, a pictorial dictionary; a…

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Review 76% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

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Serial 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.

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Series 76% connected

A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as,…

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Broader term 1

Publication 76% connected

The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulg…

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Derivationally related 2

Period 74% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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Period 74% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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Synonym 1

Periodic 92% connected

Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO/) of iodine.

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